Nicolas Cage debuted a striking new appearance on Saturday, stepping out with his significantly younger wife, Riko Shibata, for the opening-night celebration of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
The 62-year-old actor traded his familiar dark hair for a silver-toned style as he arrived at the star-studded event, which also drew celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Cage’s $10.5 million Malibu mansion was recently damaged by a sinkhole.
The Ghost Rider star showed off gray hair and a matching full beard while posing for photographs beside 31-year-old Shibata.
Cage looked polished in a blue tuxedo jacket featuring satin lapels and a buttoned front.
He completed the ensemble with a crisp white dress shirt, black trousers and dark, stylish sunglasses.
Shibata embraced a monochromatic look, wearing cream-colored trousers with a white top and a white coat accented by sheer sleeves.
Nicolas Cage, 62, made a dramatic style statement with gray hair and a full beard as he attended the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s opening night in Los Angeles with wife Riko Shibata on Saturday
Cage revealed his transformed appearance while arriving at the celebrity-packed event, where Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry were also in attendance
The couple smiled warmly and stayed close as they posed together on the red carpet during the evening’s festivities.
Daily Mail contacted Cage’s representatives for comment, but no response had been received.
Cage and Shibata first crossed paths through mutual friends while the actor was filming his 2021 movie Prisoners Of The Ghostland in Japan.
They married later that year in a Las Vegas ceremony.
In 2022, the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named August.
The Oscar-winning actor has also maintained a busy professional schedule, recently taking the lead in the superhero series Spider-Noir.
The show’s first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 25 and features a cast that includes Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson and Li Jun Li.
According to the premise listed by IMDB, “Ben Reilly (Cage), a seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.”
The Ghost Rider actor highlighted his makeover with silver hair and a full gray beard as he posed alongside Shibata
Cage cut a refined figure in a blue tuxedo jacket finished with satin lapels and a buttoned front
A white dress shirt, black trousers and sleek sunglasses completed the actor’s red-carpet outfit
Cage and Shibata beamed as they stood close together for photographs during the opening-night celebration
Cage and Shibata initially met through mutual friends while he was shooting his 2021 film Prisoners Of The Ghostland in Japan; seen in May in NYC
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The series received positive reviews from fans and critics, while Cage’s performance was also praised.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has a critics score of 92% and an audience rating of 90%.
Spider-Noir also garnered 11 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won five, including Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour).
However, it was announced earlier this month that Amazon Prime Video will not be renewing the series for a second season.
Cage soon broke silence on the cancellation of the series, which is based on the Marvel Comics.
‘For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop-art Spider-Man,’ the actor told Deadline in a statement. ‘Onwards, upwards, inwards.’
During a recent conversation with Variety, Cage reflected on what made him step away from the big screen and into the world of television.
‘I was adamant about not doing television, because I didn’t want to do anything that was too homogenized or that was like everybody else,’ he told the outlet.
The Oscar winner has been keeping busy and recently took on a leading role in the superhero series Spider-Noir (seen above)
However, it was announced earlier this month that Amazon Prime Video will not be renewing the series for a second season
But then his son showed him the hit series Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston.
‘I couldn’t take my eyes off him, and all he was doing was staring at a suitcase, and it occurred to me that you can’t do that in movies: You don’t have the time.’
Cage added, ‘I thought, maybe with an eight-hour narrative I can start planting seeds for a character that can bloom into something that I don’t have the luxury of time to do in a movie. That was the main attraction.’
However, the Hollywood actor admitted to feeling ‘very nervous’ to star in a television show.
‘I was adamant about not doing television, because I didn’t want to do anything that was too homogenized or that was like everybody else,’ he told the outlet; seen in May in NYC
And in regards to his character in Spider-Noir, Cage took inspiration from Hollywood icons such as Humphrey Bogart; seen in 1940
And in regards to his character in Spider-Noir, Cage took inspiration from Hollywood icons such as Humphrey Bogart.
‘But when you watch Bogart and you watch everybody around him, he almost seems like a cartoon character,’ the star told Esquire.
‘The same thing happens here. But it’s brilliant and you can’t take your eyes off the guy. It’s what makes him so compelling and charismatic. He just didn’t sound like anybody else. It almost seemed larger than life.’
Cage has a number of other projects up his sleeve, such as the World War II spy thriller Fortitude.
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